Example sentences of "[subord] it [is] at the " in BNC.

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1 Barbed wire might well become more common than it is at the moment .
2 Further , discomfort is much more prevalent at the base of an organization than it is at the top , both physically and psychologically .
3 The result is bound to be that it will be far harder to acquire convictions in these cases than it is at the moment .
4 And irrationality is , 1 would argue , more firmly at the centre of Western , Christian , culture than it is at the centre of Islam .
5 It should complement the Bishop 's Park which by then , it is hoped , will be kept in a better state than it is at the moment .
6 But the major problem is that the sites which we have at the present moment are not controlled , and if we could get proper sites , properly managed , I think you would find that the whole erm picture of a gipsy site in an area would be much better received by the public than it is at the present .
7 On top of this a generous layer of washed pebbles or cobbles is placed and the pump outlet drawn up until it is at the surface of the stones .
8 And if it is at the bottom of the ocean - " He stopped .
9 The multiplier of 8-12 is obviously of interest if it is at the top of its range ( 12 x £900,000 less tax £7 million ) .
10 Do n't forget if it 's at the end it 's the end of the word the best guess is usually
11 C K is a almost almost certainty for the ending it if it 's at the end of the word and it makes a c sound go for C K if it 's got a vowel just in front of it .
12 If it 's at the end it 's almost certainly going to end in C K.
13 If it 's at the end .
14 ‘ I wonder if it 's at the zoo over at Chesmore ?
15 I say this last , only because it is at the bottom of my mind , deep hid and permanent , not because it is least .
16 This zone of farms is called the marginal fringe because it is at the upper margin for agriculture .
17 It has been convincingly argued that the image of an advice-giving agency is crucial because it is at the stage of identification of the appropriate agency that most people are obstructed on the way to the solution of their problem .
18 Some psycholinguistic models ( e.g. Cole & Jakimik 1980 ) assume that the beginning of a word is known , either because it is at the beginning of the utterance or because the previous word has been identified .
19 When it was over Janet came into the room and said : ‘ We found a small tumour but you are very lucky because it 's at the preliminary stage .
20 The concept is that applicants should be given credit for prior learning whether it is certificated or uncertificated providing it is at the right level and relevant to the qualification being sought .
21 Although our productivity compares well with coal industries in Europe , it has some way to go before it is at the level of some of the coal industries outside Europe .
22 tell me about taking bearings , what do you do , let's give you an example , of some bearings to take , erm , and then you can tell me what you 're doing , so there 's a point there , and we 'll call that erm , P , just to be awkward , now let's say what we 'll do , this is what we 'll d , this is a typical problem in fact , erm , I 'll even draw that line on for you to start with , yeah , here 's the problem , a ship is sailing due North , okay , and when it 's at the point of A it takes a bearing on the lighthouse , so the lighthouse is somewhere , do n't know where it is , but bearing of L from A is forty five degrees , and the bearing of L from B , which is when the ship has sailed on a lot further
23 This may be all good fun , but is it justified when it is at the composer 's expense , and does not pay any regard to the evident persistence of the mensural tradition so obvious in the composer 's manuscripts ?
24 Anyone who decides to intervene in a family 's problems , even though it is at the family 's request , has a professional duty to be able to demonstrate the effectiveness ( or otherwise ) of the methods used .
25 So what is our verdict on the aircraft , aimed as it is at the businessman/touring market ?
26 I 'd like , I think as it is at the moment is erm is superb !
27 It was then widely believed that the universe was static , yet if space , and particularly time , were curved back on themselves , how could the universe continue forever in more or less the same state as it is at the present time ?
28 The machine tool industry meets the worst of the problem , as it is at the end of the manufacturing cycle and can not respond quickly either in recession or in a boom , because of the long lead-times involved in production and delivery .
29 ‘ This morning I 'm taking you up the coast to my house overlooking the Sound , and if the weather stays as good as it is at the moment we 'll spend the afternoon on the beach at Hornbaek , which means we 'll go right past Kronberg — we can even stop off and take the tour if it appeals to you . ’
30 This clerk is amorously alive and even experienced : — " " deerne love " " is as double in meaning here as it is at the beginning of Dame Sirith , and the same must hold for the semantically similar " " privee " " ; slyness is very much more the quality of a fabliau lover ( cf.
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